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| Surging Bucks take on battered Hornets |
NBA Basketball |
01/27/2003 |
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| New Orleans, LA (MySportsbook) - The New Orleans Hornets will try to regain their home dominance when they welcome the Milwaukee Bucks to the new Hive tonight. New Orleans will be without Baron Davis for tonight's contest. Davis will undergo arthroscopic knee surgery and no timetable has been released for his return. The Hornets may also be without Jamal Mashburn. Mashburn injured a hamstring against Portland on Friday night and is listed as questionable for tonight's action. Davis missed eight games this s |
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| Bucks' Trends: Braced for big move in East standings |
NBA Basketball |
01/24/2003 |
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| (MySportsbook) - While the Eastern Conference is becoming weaker, the Milwaukee Bucks are getting healthier and stronger. The Bucks have won six of their past seven games to improve to 20-21 on the season, but are still on the outside looking in as far as playoffs go. However, Milwaukee sits just one-half game behind eighth-seeded Washington and 3 1/2 games in back of fourth-seeded Boston. The Bucks should climb even higher in the standings over the ensuing couple of weeks, as they play nine of their next 1 |
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| Nuggets seek to halt road skid in Boston |
NBA Basketball |
01/24/2003 |
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| o doom Denver. Denver has lost five straight and 13 of its last 14 road games. The Nuggets are 3-17 on the road this season and have a 3-11 mark against teams from the Eastern Conference. Boston had its four-game winning streak snapped 106-97 by the Milwaukee Bucks. After scoring 40 points against the Sixers the previous game, Paul Pierce poured in 30 against the Bucks in the losing effort. Antoine Walker remains sidelined with a badly sprained ankle. Walker will also miss tonight's game. Milwaukee singed the |
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| Celtics try for fifth straight win |
NBA Basketball |
01/22/2003 |
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| Boston, MA (MySportsbook) - The Boston Celtics attempt to capture their fifth straight win on Wednesday when they host the Milwaukee Bucks at the FleetCenter. Boston is coming off an impressive 100-99 comeback victory over the 76ers in Philadelphia on Monday. The Celtics rallied from a 20-point halftime deficit and a 23-point hole in the third quarter. Paul Pierce scored 26 of his 40 points in the second half, and Antoine Walker added 33 points and hit the go-ahead three-pointer with 29.7 seconds left for B |
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| Bucks attempt to capture sixth straight win |
NBA Basketball |
01/18/2003 |
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| Milwaukee, WI (MySportsbook) - The suddenly-streaking Milwaukee Bucks look to secure their sixth straight win on Saturday when they welcome the Boston Celtics to the Bradley Center. With a win Saturday, the Bucks would move to .500 on the season for the first time since November 30, when the team was 8-8. Most recently, Milwaukee held on for a 99-95 victory over the 76ers in Philadelphia on Friday. Michael Redd scored 22 points off the bench and Ray Allen added 21 points and six rebounds to lead the Bucks. |
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| Bucks look to extend winning streak to four |
NBA Basketball |
01/15/2003 |
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| Toronto, Ontario (MySportsbook) - The Milwaukee Bucks look to extend their winning streak to four games Wednesday when they travel to Toronto to square off with the Raptors. The Bucks are coming off a 97-88 home victory over the Atlanta Hawks on Tuesday. The game was supposed to mark the return of Glenn Robinson to Milwaukee, but he sat out with right elbow irritation for Atlanta. Ray Allen and Sam Cassell scored 21 points each to lead the Bucks to the win. Cassell also finished with four assists and four s |
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| Bulls attempt to snap two-game skid |
NBA Basketball |
01/13/2003 |
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| ee throws and Jerry [Stackhouse] made some big free throws that helped us win." The Knicks are 9-17 against Eastern Conference foes. Meanwhile, Chicago has dropped three of its last five and is coming off a 93-85 overtime setback at the hands of the Milwaukee Bucks. The Bulls were without Jay Williams, who is still suffering from a sprained ankle. Milwaukee's Toni Kukoc scored 17 of his 19 points between the fourth quarter and the extra session to doom Chicago. "He played well," Chicago coach Bill Cartwright s |
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| Pistons battle Magic in Orlando |
NBA Basketball |
01/13/2003 |
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| ando, FL (MySportsbook) - The Detroit Pistons hope to return to their winning ways on Monday when they travel to Orlando to face the Magic at TD Waterhouse Centre. The Pistons had a four-game winning streak snapped on Saturday, as they fell to the Milwaukee Bucks, 89-87. Chauncey Billups tallied 26 points for the Pistons and Jon Barry added 14 points off the bench. Clifford Robinson scored 13 for the Pistons, while Richard Hamilton added 12. Detroit played its second straight game without the league's reboun |
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| Kohl may be eyeing sale of Bucks |
NBA Basketball |
01/12/2003 |
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| Milwaukee, WI (MySportsbook) - Milwaukee Bucks majority owner Herb Kohl, a U. S. Senator, said he may be willing to sell his majority interest in the team if the right buyer surfaces. According to a story in Sunday's Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Kohl has asked a New York investment firm and NBA Commissioner David Stern to help him assess the franchise and its value. He hopes that same pairing may be able to identify people or an investor group that would have an interest in the team. Kohl has stated in the p |
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| Pistons go for fifth straight win |
NBA Basketball |
01/11/2003 |
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| Auburn Hills, MI (MySportsbook) - The Detroit Pistons try to extend their winning streak to five games on Saturday when they welcome the Milwaukee Bucks to the Palace of Auburn Hills. The Pistons are coming off a 101-99 overtime win over the Hornets in New Orleans on Friday, as Chauncey Billups sank a pair of free throws with just 1.6 seconds to play in OT to lift Detroit. Billups finished with 32 points and was 6-of-10 from behind the arc as the Pistons erased a 16-point deficit to win their fourth straigh |
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